Cape Breton company launches new emergency communication service for care facilities

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia - Jan. 26, 2016 - PRLog -- CAREQ-ENS Enhanced Notification Service is an exciting new communication service developed by Breton Smartek.

Breton SmarTek is a Nova Scotia-based technology company that is driven by uncompromised ingenuity, local strength, and global expertise.  Drawing upon more than 80 years of collective technology experience, the Breton SmarTek team is fusing industry standard and commercially available technologies to serve the unique communication needs of multiple industries.  With a unique approach and significant experience, Breton SmarTek has become a leader in communication services and emergency response.

The CAREQ Enhanced Notification System is a communication system comprised of voice, text and email technologies.  It will allow care facilities to communicate with staff and families via text, phone, email or all three — depending on which mode of communications is most convenient for each contact.  Through CAREQ, care facilities can contact staff quickly and efficiently in an emergency situation, with the ability to reply.  CAREQ can also be used to send families information about any facility-based emergencies that could affect their loved ones.

The idea that eventually evolved into CAREQ was the result of conversation between a Nova Scotia fire marshal and a long-term care facility administrator about how emergency communications and planning could be improved.  With their experience and perspective combined with the cutting edge technologies of Breton SmarTek, the unique communication needs of long term care facilities were defined.  With the needs defined, Breton SmarTek built a solution to meet these needs.  The CAREQ Enhanced Notification Service provides care facilities with:

•the ability to execute an emergency response plan with unprecedented speed and efficiency from anywhere at anytime

•the ability to communicate with all staff or specific staff groups in a controlled and efficient way with built-in tracking of response

•the ability to customize communication to meet specific needs, saving time, effort and resources

There are few jobs as important as caring for our most vulnerable communities.  Ensuring their safety in their “homes” through effective communication is vitally important.  CAREQ provides administrators with tools that empower them with more time and more resources to focus on the people who rely on them...the people who need them most.